Community News

Play is proven to be essential to children’s wellbeing, learning and development, teaching critical life skills.

Ireland’s Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD has announced 28 funding awards valued at €34 million to support research across seven Higher Education Institutions.

Shropshire’s leading luxury dog hotel and daycare specialist has proven it’s a cut above the rest after securing three major national awards.

UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has called an early UK general election for Thursday, July 4th.

Outside Downing Street, he said he would go to the polls this summer as he bids to win a fifth term in office for the Conservative Party. The surprise announcement overturned expectations of an autumn poll, which might have given the Tories a better chance of closing the gap with Labour.

Shadow Leader, Sir Keir Starmer, said that it was time for change, with the Labour Party posting large leads in national opinion polls. He insisted that it has a fully organised campaign ready to go.

Parliament will now be suspended tomorrow (Friday 24th) before it is formally shut down on Thursday next week ahead of an official five-week election campaign. It means there are only two days to pass any outstanding legislation - a move which will mean some of the government's measures will have to be abandoned.

As the summer approaches, the City of Wolverhampton Council is excited to announce additional events and programmes at its network of Family Hubs across the city.

Parents, carers, children and young people in the west of the borough will have access to a wide range of universal and targeted services, support and activities following the opening of a new Family Hub.

Work has just begun at the site of what will become a brand-new thriving retirement community, exclusively for the over 60s in Erdington, in Birmingham.

McCarthy Stone, the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement properties, has started work on site on Orphanage Road in preparation for the construction of a new Retirement Living development, which will offer a choice of cost-effective one and two-bedroom apartments exclusively available as part of a government-backed Shared Ownership scheme.

Helping to minimise its environmental impact, the retirement housebuilder will employ Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) – an innovative approach that reduces environmental impact and build time and helps deliver energy efficient homes. 

In 2023, 10 of its developments were built using MMC. This represents a doubling from five in 2022, with the company set to further increase its use of MMC on 25 developments this year.

The key to MMC is the use of Remagin’s (formally known as Sigmat) eco-friendly, dynamic Light Gauge Steel Framing (LGSF). The selection of Remagin LGSF also enables the development to be completed at a lower cost than would be the case with traditional construction methods, making the development more affordable to retirees within the local area.

This enables much of the build to take place off-site, with the completed sections then lifted into place – keeping on course for predicted project completion and cutting the impact on the environment and the local neighbourhood.

Police and Crime Commissioner, Simon Foster, has declared the Government lacks the urgency needed to get a grip on prioritising road safety.

A care home, in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, is opening its doors to the community for a commemorative ceremony.

Over £24m is being invested over the late May Bank Holiday weekend to improve journeys on the West Coast main line between London Euston and Scotland.

More than 3,250 children and young people across Wolverhampton have now signed up to the exciting new physical activity programme, Yo! Active – giving them the chance to enjoy a wide range of free activities across the city.

easyJet and easyJet holidays have been announced as official sponsors - and 'Supporter of Pride' - of this year’s Birmingham Pride parade.

Micaela Varlack, an African American mom from Columbus, Georgia, is upset after discovering her 4-year-old daughter Londyn’s locs were combed out by her teacher without asking for her permission.

Eligible working parents of children from nine-months-old in Wolverhampton are now able to register for access to up to 15 hours of funded childcare per week.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the BBC’s Tom Wrathmell and urban design author David Rudlin are among the speakers announced for the West Midlands’ event programme at the UK’s biggest real estate conference.   

Youth-led British Museum programme Where we are… have announces its Key Partners for 2024 will be located in Doncaster and Wolverhampton.